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007's Barbara Broccoli confirms Idris Elba is being considered for James Bond. Jason Momoa joins the cast for 'Fast and Furious 10'. Dwayne Johnson teases new video game adaptation of a popular game franchise which has been confirmed to be 'Call of Duty' now owned by Microsoft. Deadline gives us confirmation that James Gunn is working on a second 'Suicide Squad' spinoff series. Would Idris Elba or Margot Robbie return? The first teaser for Guillermo del Toro's reimagining of 'Pinocchio' featuring stop motion animation and the voice of Ewan McGregor as Sebastian J. Cricket. The Cursed checks the horror movie boxes with Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, Nigel Betts, Stuart Bowman, Simon Kunz, Amelia Crouch, Max Mackintosh, Tommy Rodger, Áine Rose Daly, and Millie Kiss. Official trailer for Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot? relaunch? reimagining? is coming to Netflix in February. The Halo Series launches on Paramount Plus in March, the series trailer features Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief, Jen Taylor as Cortana, along with Yerin Ha, Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine, Shabana Azmi, Olive Gray, Charlie Murphy, Kate Kennedy, Bentley Kalu, Natasha Culzac and Danny Sapani. Uncharted has a final trailer for the Feb 18 release. Twitter asks what's the most 'heartbreaking' film you've seen? And does it bother you when people ask questions while watching a movie?

If you want your question answered on the show tweet us @watchfultweets or use #watchclosely.

Thanks to @yaawhateverr @NewPlazaCinema for your questions on twitter.

Hello Friends! We discuss the Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power announcement trailer including the behind the scenes. A Godzilla series is coming to Apple TV as a continuation of the "monsterverse" focusing on the Monarch organization. What will happen to Son of Kong?? Moon Knight gets a full trailer for the Disney Plus show starring Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, Gaspard Ulliel, May Calamawy and more. The Cuphead Show trailer debuts from the indie game with lots of character appearances from the game. The Tinder Swindler is causing trouble on Netflix this February, we discuss this crazy true story. Then the from the writers of Downton Abbey come an American centered HBO Max show The Gilded Age starring Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski, Carrie Coon, Louisa Jacobson and more. Plus we answer twitter questions like, What is the best trilogy of all time? Favorite movie soundtrack of all time? A piece of media you wish you could experience again for the first time? And more!

If you want your question answered on the show tweet us @watchfultweets or use #watchclosely. 

Thanks to @keonmcaree3 @mellon_heads @FortofNerd for your questions on twitter.

This week we discuss the passing of Bob Saget (Full House, Funniest Home Videos) at age 65 in Orlando. James Gunn reveals he's working on another DC TV series after Peacemaker. We discuss our takes on Peacemaker's first episodes. The Batman gets an official PG-13 rating and what it means for the franchise. Then as an apology for skipping it in the last episode we discuss the Lost City trailer starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Brad Pitt, Oscar Nuñez, Patti Harrison and more. Zoë Kravitz's Kimi trailer for HBO Max streaming Feb 10th tells a story of an agoraphobic during the pandemic, includes Rita Wilson, Devin Ratray, Erika Christensen, and Jaime Camil. Wolf Like Me released on Peacock with the trailer hinting at a strange twist of love and horror, starring Isla Fisher, Josh Gad, Emma Lung and Ariel Joy Donoghue. A-24's X, starring Jenna Ortega, Kid Cudi, Brittany Snow, Mia Goth, Martin Henderson and more, appears like a typical slasher flick but is there a twist? On Twitter, questions about how the Golden Globes went? Favorite movie night snack? Which movie is better than the book? What's the first movie you remember owning on physical media? And more!

If you have a question you would like on the show tweet us @watchfultweets

Thanks to @caseyfitlove @TheAVClub @rachel_reviews @JacksonBoren for your questions on twitter.

Hello friends! We are catching up on movie news this week. The Batman is going to HBO Max, 45 days after theatrical release. What do we think of the new 45 day window? Morbius gets delayed for a forth time! Why? And do we care? Zach Snyder teased some Rebel Moon concept art, the Star Wars-esque movie coming to Netflix. For See it or Skip it, we have a possibly fake trailer for Insidious: The Dark Realm, Patrick Wilson's first directorial debut. Would we watch it, even if it is fake? The Batman released 'The Bat and The Cat' trailer with more details of the riddler's puzzles. Uncharted released a clip from the famous plane fight straight out of the video game. The Northman - Official Trailer in Theaters April 22, directed by Robert Eggers, starring Alexander Skarsgård, Ethan Hawke, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Anya Taylor-Joy, Björk, Ralph Ineson and more in a epic revenge tale. On twitter we answer, thoughts about the new Jurassic World: Dominion hybrids? What are our least and most favorite movies of 2021 as well as our most anticipated movies and series for 2022? Recommendations for movies to lift the mood? Plus what have we been watching. And more! Enjoy.

Thanks to @TomJurassic @STUPIDREACTIONS @YacineAddala

Happy New Year! We are still on break but here is a fun-filled episode where we answer your questions posted on Twitter. Where does Willam Dafoe's Green Goblin rank for MCU villains? What Christmas present would you buy for Anakin Skywalker? Which movie do you prefer Alita or Avatar? Did What If lead into Dr Stange in the Multiverse of Madness after all? And more! Enjoy.

Thanks to @PatriciaHeaton @SpiderManShots @Uber_Kryptonian @BluesyCarl @lightsabrqueen @DougCarlin2006

[Spoilers Warning] Review of Marvel & Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home featuring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Angourie Rice and Paula Newsome. In this special hybrid episode the 'Quotables' podcast gang joins forces with Watch Closely for a deep dive into this action, adventure event!

M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming film starring Dave Bautista 'Knock at the Cabin' is to be filmed as one long take similar to Birdman or 1917. Can he pull it off? Sweet Tooth's co-creator Emmet Quinlan is adapting his comic God Country into a feature film. HBO Max's Last of Us series casts Nick Offerman to play Bill. Nicolas Cage stars as... Nick Cage in the action-comedy "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" with Pedro Pascal, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan, Eli Jane, Jacob Scipio, Alessandra Mastronardi. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore gets an official trailer starring Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Katherine Waterston, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol. Michelle Yeoh goes into an A24 multiverse in Everything Everywhere All At Once with Jamie Lee Curis, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Andy Le. We discuss Minions 2: The Rise of Guru and Dreamworks' The Bad Guys and how they are playing to their target audiences. Plus some twitter questions, who should be the next wolverine? Wheel of Time, Foundation, Invasion worth checking out? Favorite Charlize Theron movies?

Thanks to @chancelor_p @DougCarlin2006 @ComicBook for posting twitter questions.

This week Netflix cancelled Cowboy Bebob after only 3 weeks on the streaming platform. We discuss why we think it didn't get a second season. Also multiple sources are saying that Warner Bros. has been testing two different cuts of 'The Batman' and one has a certain actor in it. Who is this mystery actor and why would they be considering a version without him? We discuss our theories. Plus for See It or Skip It, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 releases an official trailer featuring Jim Carrey reprising the role of Dr. Robotnik and Idris Elba voicing Knuckles and Colleen O'Shaughnessey voicing Tails with James Marsden and Ben Schwartz as Sonic. A new heist movie Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre stars Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Max Beesley and Hugh Grant. Netflix trailer for 'Munich - The Edge of War' is a tense historical thriller starring George MacKay, Jeremy Irons, Jessica Brown Findlay, Robert Bathurst, August Diehl, Alex Jenning, Anjli Mohindra, Liv Lisa Fries, Jannis Niewohner and Urlich Matthes as Hitler. Plus our twitter questions this week have us discussing Star Wars: Eclipse, James Cameron's failed Spiderman movie, which is better Home Alone 2 or the Night Before, and is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

Special thanks to @ForceGhostPod @thedigitalfix @culturecrave @DerrickWalkerJ2 @hrkbenowen for your twitter questions.

Also a big congrats to @DarrylCider who won the giveaway for the 'Thanos was right' hoodie!

Into the Spider-verse sequel Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse announcement and teaser, we are getting two parts in the next installment! Tom Cruise has been spotted doing a new outrageous stunt involving walking out on the wings of a biplane! Does this man have a death wish? Karen Gillian will play opposite herself in an upcoming movie about herself and her clone having to battle to the death, called Dual also starring Aaron Paul and Jesse Eisenberg. The Matrix Resurrections pre-order tickets go on sale with the Déjà Vu trailer dropping. Jack Reacher gets a sequel called Reacher starring Alan Ritchson, Malcolm Goodwin, Kristin Kreuk, Willa Fitzgerald, Bruce McGill, Chris Webster, Leslie Fray. Peacemaker official trailer for the upcoming show on HBO Max. Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel teaser trailer takes place 47 years after the first movie installment. Then we have some fun with Twitter questions, for example: Which has been your favorite MCU series of 2021? Favorite Christmas movie? Favorite Star Wars prequel? And what do we want for Christmas?

Thanks to @DiscussingFilm @omaraubert @MovieSonicDaily @BK23Skywalker for your twitter questions.

Be sure to retweet our the giveaway tweet to win the 'Thanos was right' hoodie, winner will be announced on our next podcast.

This week we discuss the state of Star Wars, should Disney focus on their Disney Plus series such as The Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett, also the future of the sequel characters, will we see Rey, Finn, and Poe return? Also finally get to discuss Spiderman: No Way Home the second trailer and the predicted ticket sell out for theaters. For, See It or Skip It, Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart team up again as DC League of Super-Pets with Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski, Vanessa Bayer, Keanu Reeves, Jameela Jamil, Thomas Middleditch and more voicing the super pets of DC superheroes. Dog starring and co-directed by Channing Tatum. Bel Air, starring Jabari Banks, Coco Jones, Olly Sholotan and more, the dramatization of Will Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Pam & Tommy mini series following Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's relationship starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan. Halo TV series is coming to Paramount+. Also some twitter questions, favorite superman? The Batman or Spiderman No Way Home? Favorite new phase 4 female character? Thanks to @alistlk @slcmof @itswadewilson for posting questions on your twitter.